A dress is hanging on the back of a white door. The polyester fabric is a geometric design of cream and black squares. Pattern is ZW Gathered Dress.
I love the print but I hate the fabric. I need to redo the waist as it’s only basted but otherwise it’s just about finished. Oh and pick out acouple of buttons. #garmentsewing #sewsky
A short sleeved camp shirt in a dark grey with little blue white and yellow stars. Pattern is the WBM Tropical shirt.
The front bodice, yokes & back sewn at the shoulder, hanging on a pink hanger. Pattern is Helen’s closet Gilbert Top. Fabric is a heavy linen. The background is a deep teal with white birds and yellow & olive green flowers.
The top of a dress, back, front, front band & sleeves sewn together. Pattern is the ZW Gathered dress. Fabric is a polyester in a geometric design of cream and black squares. It’s reminding me why I hate sewing with slippery fabric.
Buttons finally attached! One shirt finished, two more projects still in progress. #sewsky #garmentsewing
A red fabric with white polka dots. The fabric is torn, partially covering a small black button. To the left is a small patch of darning in a slightly brighter red.
The same fabric, now darned with a red thread that matches the fabric better. The button is now sewn back on top of the darning.
Catching up on my mending this weekend. I recently reattached the buttons onto these pants and used achor buttons on the inside, but the lining was slightly misaligned and tore along a spot I'd previously darned. So I needed to take off the button, darn the new tear and reattach the button. #sewsky
Smiling person with blue bangs, shaved head, and black and white glasses in a shirt with crabby seagulls on it.
Crabby Seagull #CameronButtonUp FINISHED! I am so pleased with how it turned out, especially the inadvertent almost-pattern matched seagull under the first button. So excited to wear this one out into the world. (more)
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Illustration of an orange anglerfish in turqoise water.
The same anglerfish as in the previous image, but this time tiny in a huge turquoise sea.
I have made my own fabric pattern! If I've done it right (fingers crossed) the anglerfish will fill the bottom right half of my button-up shirt, and the rest will be turquoise ocean. Sent off the image to Art Fabrics today to be printed...
#SewSky #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing
Me in the the gray deadstock memade skirt but unable to pose nice and poised for a somewhat decent picture because of the tortitude cat rolling allover my unfinished fabrics and patterns laying on the floor.
Heads always cut off! 🤦🏻♀️🤣 More #sewing & #jewelry details in Alts. Open pics up also to see the cat rolling at the bottom of the frame.
You can also see how this skirt & many more were made #sewsky: kristinbattestella.blogspot.com/2023/05/5-sk...
a me made deadstock gray skirt from butterick 6196 that looked too Amish with a long shirt and too witchy with a chunky belt so a lowcut black blouse made it look more modern. I'm wearing some smoky me made earrings and a bracelet some of the earliest jewelry I made out of broken Charming Charlie pieces I strung together. None of the pictures taken in this series came out completely right because the cat was rolling around grabbing my long hem.
a $7 skater dress with an orange and black polka dot top and a swishy black bottom. This cut of dress isn't usually my style but I loved the collars. I think the collar and cuffs that seem a little batty shaped need an iron pressing though. Went to Goodwill after the doctor yesterday but off course the IIH kicked in today, no fun. The tortitude cat though is there for amusement.
This tortitude cat is ready for her close up Mr. DeMille. She's 14 pounds but not my biggest cat! Her boyfriend with the extra toes is 17 pounds. But the thrift dress and my me made bling look cute, too, but not as cute as her highness of course.
Tried styling this memade skirt 3 different ways #sewsky - too Amish, too witchy & finally the lowcut to offset looking so period piece! 🤣 Some of my earliest #jewelrymaking bling also & of course the pesky tortitude cat! I scored this adorable black & orange polka dot dress at Goodwill for $7! 🎃🖤
Still looking for employment with a reliable paycheck but in the mean time I'm crafting it up.
#makersgonnamake #sewsky
Photo of the corner of a quilt that is navy with a white pattern of stars, moons, hearts and planets. There is a rectangle of a different navy material seen down with some blue and red thread.
Photo of a corner of a navy quit with a quarter-sized hole torn in it.
I had to spend the day resting in bed (and resting my wrists from crochet for a day!) so it was the perfect time to quickly patch a beloved quilt. I used a scrap from an old pair of my partner’s work pants and some Sashiko thread ✨🪡🧵 #visiblemending #reducetextilewaste #sewsky #spoonie
Over the ironing board a burgundy dress by Laura Ashley lays cut in separate the skirt from the bodice
Over the ironing board a burgundy dress by Laura Ashley lays cut in separate the skirt from the bodice, here in the close up pic the under arm seam is cut open both on the bodice and sleeve to add more fabric to it
🫣🫣 scared and excited at the same time, scited 🤣🤣🤣. Tomorrow I'll cut out the extra length from the skirt and start adding to the bodice :3
#sewsky #thrifted #plussizefashion
I don't throw anything away, not even thread scraps.
#sewsky
#upcycledart
#scrapsofthreads
#slowstitchingeveryday
#utterchaos
#priganart
Even if its wild, for me the colors still have to be balanced.
#sewsky
#upcycledart
#colorbalance
#utterchaos
#slowstitchingeveryday
#priganart
I don't want this to be a planned piece, so I am just doing and when I find myself beginning to analyze it I am putting it down. Its a test to see what a random piece looks like. Its not that easy for me to do.
#sewsky #upcycledart #workingrandomly #slowstitchingeveryday #priganart
Pockets! Right, so, I’ve made two (so far!) Artist Apron Dresses from @charmpatterns.bsky.social . I went with both the apron pockets and the side seam pockets, as well as the bib pocket, giving me 7 total in each dress! Can’t wait to make more!
#SewAndTell #Sewing #SewSky #Pocket 🧵#CharmPatterns
#SewAndTell Week 31 - Pockets
The weekly Sewing Prompt Game
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One benefit of sewing is adding pockets everywhere. Let's show some of your best makes with pockets.
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#Sewing #SewSky #Pocket
So one coat and one pair of trousers to be sewn up, plus one pair of half sewn trousers, can I finish these by Monday? Tune in next week to Sewing Spree to see if I have or not! 🧶🪡
#sewing #garmentmaking #sewsky
She’s done and debuted! After deliberation, I give you ‘Titania.’ This retro wrap dress hasn’t been my favorite, but she taught me a lot about darting. A little whimsy and fae- she’s definitely a late spring/summer dress that will go best with open toed shoes.
#garmentsewing #sewsky #memade #sewing
Not done but oh so close. Take out basting. Understitch. Press. Hem. Buttons and button holes. Getting so much closer. Oh yeah and fix whatever went wrong with the collar facing. #sewsky
intuitive slow stitching guide - go with the flow by priganart
a selection of fabric threads
pouring beads on a collaged patchwork art piece
Just a slow dance with the fabrics and threads, listening to the music in your mind. Building textures and shapes where the feeling takes you, using fabrics, threads and beads. A guide.
#quiltsky #sewsky #collageart #intuitiveart #upcycledart #womanartist #artteacher
A woman standing on her porch wearing an ivory quilted jacket. It is cropped with drop shoulders, a collar, and a boxy fit.
A woman showing the inside lining of her quilted jacket. The lining is a deep blue floral.
I made the Merchant and Mills Sanda jacket and lined it with a piece of Liberty Tana Lawn. What a great pattern. #sewsky #garmentsewing
Yeh, it's definitely on display !!!
#DorchesterArts #helios #catchthesun #dorset #dorchester #fibreart #embroidery #Sewsky #sewing
I’m preparing for Flow Forward flowforwardnj.org by sewing up some patchwork pouches! Check this movement out! #freedomtobleed #sewsky
Die #Steppweste ist jetzt fertig. Taschen hab ich mit hellen Patten gemacht.
Näh dir deine eigene Steppweste oder Poncho im Kleidernähkurs in der Nählounge.
#nahtild #nähen #nählounge #goldau #sewing #sewsky #arth #rigi #goldau #Nähkurs
Just need to add buttons. This is the WBM Tropical shirt, a much loved pattern for my husband. But I used the construction method from Helen’s Closet Gilbert shirt. I much prefer the finishing on the front facing and yoke. #sewsky #garmentsewing
Flight pillows (we got from the flight ✈️ we recently were on) got some cases. Used a heart patchwork I made a couple months ago. ❤️ Now if only we got it together and airport lines were in a better shape (and oil prices didn’t surge)… 😒 #sewsky
A request from a customer. Matching quilted strawberry 🍓 fortune cookie 🥠 pouches!
#sewsky #quiltsky
A wide range of Singer vintage sewing machine accessories.
A vintage Singer zig zag attachment.
Picked up this job lot of vintage Singer sewing attachments today, especially for the zig zag. Sadly without its box or cams but it’s still pretty cool. #sewing #vsm #garmentsewing #sewing #sewsky #skysew
A mostly unwound light blue bobbin of thread. A layer of White thread can start to be seen on the bobbin under the blue.
And now children, in today’s episode of Vintage Sewing Machine Accessories, we are playing “Guess how many colours of thread are on the bobbin?” #garmentsewing #sewing #sewsky #skysew
